"Well, after this, you having married your Niece to Mr. Bartelmon, which threw you out of a good income, having besides impoverish'd yourself, by lending your Money in large Sums to an extravagant, unprincipled Whore, and to others, who only meant to defraud you of that and other valuables, you applied to me by Mr. Forest, to pay you an annual allowance for your support: I, who was ever desirous and ready to do all within my power, ent'red immediately into an Agreement to pay you £40 a year, though I had no certain income of my own to do it with, and through years of distress, for want of something weekly coming in, made up my payments to you, in one week, fortnight, or month, whenever I cou'd scrape your money together, till lately, meeting with no employment for a considerable time,--encumber'd with an expensive house at Chelsea, which I have prudently quitted, and being robb'd by an abandon'd infamous Whore and Thief of a Servant, my Necessities oblig'd me to be behindhand in my payments; yet you very well know that whenever I had two, three, or five Guineas, I never fail'd to give them to you, in part of payment, and that but a trifle now remains due. "Is this a Man to recieve the treatment you now give me? Fie, fie, Mrs. Arne! don't drive me to resentment, when I am willing to act conformable to the laws of religion, peace and love; if you do, by Heaven you'll have terribly the worst of it; for I can prove that having no regular income, whenever I recieve any money, it is always consum'd in debts, and that I am actualy not in a capacity to allow you £20 a year. "If, on the contrary, you chuse to continue in love and friendship, send a line immediately to Mr. Rennett, that the affair is amicably accommodated, and though I may be never so distress'd, I will cheerfuly pay your allowance, and remain, Your affect^{te} Husband, "THO^{S.} AUG^{NE.} ARNE. (Seal.) "Saturday Morn^{g}. "One o'clock "Nov^{r}.-y^{e}-23^{d}."